San Jose looking to re-grab home ice advantage Tuesday in Colorado

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San Jose Sharks' Logan Couture (39) celebrates his goal against the Colorado Avalanche in the first period of Game 3 of an NHL hockey second-round playoff series at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colo., on Tuesday, April 30, 2019. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

DENVER, CO - APRIL 30: San Jose Sharks' Gustav Nyquist (14) controls the puck against the Colorado Avalanche in the first period of Game 3 of an NHL hockey second-round playoff series at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colo., on Tuesday, April 30, 2019. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

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DENVER, CO - APRIL 30: San Jose Sharks' Logan Couture (39) controls the puck against Colorado Avalanche's Erik Johnson (6) in the first period of Game 3 of an NHL hockey second-round playoff series at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colo., on Tuesday, April 30, 2019. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

DENVER, CO - APRIL 30: San Jose Sharks' Brent Burns (88) takes a shot against the Colorado Avalanche in the first period of Game 3 of an NHL hockey second-round playoff series at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colo., on Tuesday, April 30, 2019. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

DENVER, CO - APRIL 30: San Jose Sharks' Evander Kane (9) controls the puck against the Colorado Avalanche in the first period of Game 3 of an NHL hockey second-round playoff series at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colo., on Tuesday, April 30, 2019. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

DENVER, CO - APRIL 30: San Jose Sharks' Gustav Nyquist (14) takes a shot against the Colorado Avalanche in the first period of Game 3 of an NHL hockey second-round playoff series at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colo., on Tuesday, April 30, 2019. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

DENVER, CO - APRIL 30: San Jose Sharks' Michael Haley (18) controls the puck against the Colorado Avalanche in the first period of Game 3 of an NHL hockey second-round playoff series at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colo., on Tuesday, April 30, 2019. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

DENVER, CO - APRIL 30: San Jose Sharks' Evander Kane (9) takes a shot against Colorado Avalanche's Carl Soderberg (34) in the first period of Game 3 of an NHL hockey second-round playoff series at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colo., on Tuesday, April 30, 2019. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

DENVER, CO - APRIL 30: San Jose Sharks' Kevin Labanc (62) fights for the puck against Colorado Avalanche's Tyson Barrie (4) in the first period of Game 3 of an NHL hockey second-round playoff series at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colo., on Tuesday, April 30, 2019. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

DENVER, CO - APRIL 30: San Jose Sharks' Tomas Hertl (48) controls the puck against Colorado Avalanche's Ian Cole (28) in the first period of Game 3 of an NHL hockey second-round playoff series at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colo., on Tuesday, April 30, 2019. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

DENVER, CO - APRIL 30: San Jose Sharks' Timo Meier (28) scores a goal against Colorado Avalanche's Erik Johnson (6) in the first period of Game 3 of an NHL hockey second-round playoff series at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colo., on Tuesday, April 30, 2019. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

DENVER, CO - APRIL 30: San Jose Sharks' Logan Couture (39) scores a goal against Colorado Avalanche goaltender Philipp Grubauer (31) in the first period of Game 3 of an NHL hockey second-round playoff series at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colo., on Tuesday, April 30, 2019. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

DENVER, CO - APRIL 30: San Jose Sharks goaltender Martin Jones (31) stretches before Game 3 of an NHL hockey second-round playoff series against the Colorado Avalanche at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colo., on Tuesday, April 30, 2019. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

DENVER, CO - APRIL 30: A San Jose Sharks fan display their sign in support of San Jose Sharks' Joe Pavelski (8), who was injured in the previous series, as the Sharks warm-up before Game 3 of an NHL hockey second-round playoff series against the Colorado Avalanche at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colo., on Tuesday, April 30, 2019. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

DENVER, CO - APRIL 30: San Jose Sharks' Gustav Nyquist (14) controls the puck against the Colorado Avalanche in the second period of Game 3 of an NHL hockey second-round playoff series at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colo., on Tuesday, April 30, 2019. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

DENVER, CO - APRIL 30: San Jose Sharks goaltender Martin Jones (31) makes a save against Colorado Avalanche's Carl Soderberg (34) in the second period of Game 3 of an NHL hockey second-round playoff series at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colo., on Tuesday, April 30, 2019. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

DENVER, CO - APRIL 30: Colorado Avalanche's Nathan MacKinnon (29) celebrates his goal against the San Jose Sharks in the second period of Game 3 of an NHL hockey second-round playoff series at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colo., on Tuesday, April 30, 2019. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

DENVER, CO - APRIL 30: San Jose Sharks goaltender Martin Jones (31) makes a save in front of Colorado Avalanche's Carl Soderberg (34) in the second period of Game 3 of an NHL hockey second-round playoff series at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colo., on Tuesday, April 30, 2019. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

DENVER, CO - APRIL 30: San Jose Sharks' Evander Kane (9) fights for the puck against Colorado Avalanche's Nikita Zadorova (16) in the second period of Game 3 of an NHL hockey second-round playoff series at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colo., on Tuesday, April 30, 2019. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

DENVER, CO - APRIL 30: San Jose Sharks goaltender Martin Jones (31) blocks a shot against Colorado Avalanche's Gabriel Landeskog (92) in the second period of Game 3 of an NHL hockey second-round playoff series at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colo., on Tuesday, April 30, 2019. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

Get live NHL Stanley Cup playoff updates, news and analysis during Game 3 of the Sharks’ second-round series against the Avalanche Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Colorado.

The Sharks need to get a win on the road in order to regain home ice advantage in the series after the resurgent Avalanche notched a 4-3 victory in Game 2 on Sunday night.

Colorado’s talented line of Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen and Gabriel Landeskog made all the difference in San Jose on Sunday. Landesko scored the game-tying goal and MacKinnon followed with the winner as the Avalanche evened the second-round series at 1-1.

The loss was San Jose’s first against Colorado this season and the loss of Joe Pavelski on Tuesday will make winning tougher for the Sharks.

"Big game player. We had a bunch of big efforts tonight, but he was right at the top of the list." Updated gamer from Denver as Logan Couture's hat trick leads #SJSharks past Avalanche in Game 3 bayareane.ws/2vx2Cf3 via @mercnews Most playoff goals since 2010 (Couture's debut season) Alex Ovechkin 50>Logan Couture 43 Sidney Crosby 42 Patrick Kane 41>Joe Pavelski 40

Including regular season and playoffs, the only #SJSharks player to have a road hat trick against the Nordiques/Avalanche franchise prior to tonight was Patrick Marleau, who had 2: Nov. 20, 2011 (3 goals) and Jan. 23, 2017 (4 goals) #SJSvsCOL#StanleyCup Most goals in first 10 playoff games in a season, #SJSharks Patrick Marleau 2006 9 Joe Pavelski 2010 9>Logan Couture 2019 9

#StanleyCup#SJSharks head coach Peter DeBoer speaks to the media following the 4-2 Game 3 win over Colorado. pscp.tv/w/b5kd0jEzNTYx…Bednar was very unhappy with his team’s lack of communication with each other tonight. Too much individual play, not enough 5-man unit stuffMost 3rd period game-winning goals in playoffs, #SJSharks Patrick Marleau 8 Joe Pavelski 4 Joe Thornton 4>Logan Couture 3

#StanleyCup Logan Couture with the 6th #SJSharks playoff hat trick (Marleau 3, Dahlen 1, Setoguchi 1), 2nd on the road (Setoguchi - Game 3, 2011 West SF at DET) and first in SJ playoff history to include an empty-net goal. #SJSvsCOL#StanleyCup Jared Bednar: “we made some boneheaded decisions with the puck”Pretty sure everyone can guess who's on top of tonight's three stars!

Hat trick CoutureEmpty net for the Avalanche with 1:27 remaining.Tyson Barrie just has had a tough night with the puckSharks (Couture) called for tripping at 17:04 of the period.#SJSharks head to the penalty kill with 2:56 remaining.

Not saying it's a big kill but... It's a pretty big kill.ARE YOU FOR REAL!?

Tie game with 8:15 left in the third.Tie gameTie game, 2-2. Looked like Nieto tipped itI just leaned over to Ryker and said, “You think they win?”

No hesitation

“I do.”

#rykermagic#GoAvsGO Nice play by Burns to clear that puck toward the end of that Avs power play. Stoill 7 seconds left on the man advantage.Sharks called for too many men on the ice at 6:02 of the period.First rookie mistake I've seen Makar make there. Just two more strides to red line would have avoided that icingAnother post hit, this time by Melker Karlsson after a bad change from the AvsRT RT RTThe third period is underway.That Pepsi Center pregame 🔥